Insular Flying-fox

Taxobox
name = Insular Flying-fox


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Pteropus"
species = "P. tonganus"
binomial = "Pteropus tonganus"
binomial_authority = Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
synonyms = The Insular Flying-fox or Pacific Flying Fox ("Pteropus tonganus") is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

References

* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/18764/all Pteropus tonganus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.